Where does “autosterilization” come from?
autosterilization (English) comes from English auto, from English automatic, from French automatique, from French automate, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματον, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματος, from Ancient Greek μέμαα, from Ancient Greek μέμονα — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
autosterilization (English): Sterilization without the intervention of external agents
Definitions
- Sterilization without the intervention of external agents
Ancestry of “autosterilization”, step by step
autosterilization traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English auto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | auto | Clipping of automatic; An automobile; A setting... |
| 2 | English | automatic | Capable of operating without external control or... |
| 3 | French | automatique | automatic |
| 4 | French | automate | automaton |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματον | accident, mere chance |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματος | self-willed, unbidden; self-moving,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέμαα | to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μέμονα | to be minded or inclined; to be eager; to hasten |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | memóne | to think, to be mindful; to remember |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |
via English sterilization
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sterilization | The process of treating something to kill or... |
| 2 | English | sterile | Unable to reproduce; Terse; lacking sentiment or... |
| 3 | Middle French | stérile | — |
| 4 | Latin | sterilis | barren, sterile; unprofitable, futile |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |